A former council chairman of Mangu Local Government Area, Caleb Mutfwang, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state. Mutfwang, a legal practitioner, polled 252 votes to defeat 13 other aspirants. His closest opponent, Chief Wungak Kefas scored 113 votes. Details of the result announced on Thursday…
The Kaduna state police command said it had rescued 16 kidnapping victims along the Birnin Gwari road. Spokesman of the command, Muhammad Jalige, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. He said the victims were rescued following information provided to the police who acted promptly. Jalige said, “On the 16th January, 2022, the…
The former deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu has rejected his impeachment. Shaibu was impeached on Monday after members of the Edo assembly adopted the report of a seven-member investigative panel. The panel was set up by Daniel Okungbowa, chief judge of Edo, and was headed by S. A. Omonuwa, a retired justice. Shaibu was accused…
One person was reportedly killed while 45 others were said to have been abducted in an attack by bandits on Angwan Aku community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident of the community who spoke on telephone said the incident occurred at about 10am on Christmas Day when the villagers were preparing for church…
The Plateau state government has set up a central planning committee for handing over and swearing-in of incoming government on May 29. The committee is to be inaugurated on Monday by Governor Simon Lalong at New Govermiment House, Rayfield, Jos. This was contained in a statement from the office of the secretary to the state…
During this past week, government released a statement, detailing the officials that will engage Twitter on the ban it imposed on the giant American high-tech company. The team is made up of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the Chairman. Others include, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
